Occupational hand eczema caused by nickel and evaluated by quantitative exposure assessment

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-36

  Jensen, Peter ^a   Thyssen, Jacob P ^a   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a   Skare, Lizbet ^b   Menné, Torkil ^a   Lidén, Carola ^b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acid wipe sampling; allergic contact dermatitis; nickel; occupational exposure; skin exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLGLYOXIME; NICKEL SULFATE;

ACID WIPE SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATCH TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PATCH TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 78650465655     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01819.x     Document Type: Article

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